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Richard Drew |
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'ONE OF THE BEST BITS OF KIT IN MY WARDROBE' |
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| Strengths: |
Extremely versatile garment.
Doesn't pill.
Usual Lowe Alpine quality seams and general finish.
Comes in a nice olive green. |
| Weaknesses: |
None really - perhaps a tad dear at full rrp. |
| Overall: |
Shop around and you can get these for under £30. Once you've found them order at least one.
The light-weight gridded micro-fleece works surprisingly well as a warm baselayer next to the skin, wicking far better than normal fleece. The zip is deep enough to cool you down if it warms up a bit, and the grid (whilst admittedly stopping it being windproof) means it's warm without being too warm anyway.
Worn over a T-shirt baselayer as a light midlayer(or dry-day outer) it's nice and warm whilst still highly breathable compared to standard fleece.
It's close fitting enough to wear under a micro-fleece jacket for a very warm combination, although admittedly the weather hasn't been cool enough for me to want to do this yet.
Washes well, good colour range including a perfect green for bird-watching (some of us try and live in shades of olive).
As someone who runs warm this is a superb garment, but it should be versatile enough for most people.
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Overall Rating |
| Performance |
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100% |
| Reliability |
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100% |
| Value |
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80% |
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